So I finished up my alternator conversion last night and took the wing for a ride today. Last night I noticed a noise in the engine. Seems to be coming from the lower front. Had a couple longtime Goldwing riders listen to it and they said there was nothing to worry about, but I’m concerned.

Please listen to this video and give me your thoughts.

Everything looked good when I had the covers off but I guess since I’ve never seen one before I might have missed something.

All I did was pull the front covers, hole saw a hole in the center where they come together and add a pulley to the front of the crank. Even made sure to torque the pulley to 55ft lb, that’s what I found here for the spec.

Some work to do. If this noise was not there before the conversion, recommend going back to the start. Undo what you have done and reinstall. Check the timing of the engine with the covers off, did you change the belts or such? Is the pulley contacting the timing belt covers?

Good luck.

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